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Do they? I honestly don't know.
But look at the dream team. Every interview i read from one of those guys about Barcelona is that it was a great time, and it never sounds like "work".
I mean really you get a free trip to London, free tickets to all these different events, free food, lodging, all this other free crap. And you want money off jersey sales? They should put that money into the special olympics or some charity.
It's not like your representing Dwyane Wade in the olympics. Your representing your nation. And if you want to get paid for that, there's plenty of people who would be more than happy to take your place. Insurance, fine i can see you don't want to get screwed over.
But come on. Also Prototype 2 johnny cash commercial? What the hell?
Yeah like Ninja said if you don't want them to be paid then we should start sending amateurs
They get paid for what they do in the NBA. Outside of that they don't have a single damn obligation anywhere else except to the ballclub they're under contract with. Sure it's an honor to represent your country and we all wish we could but I'm not gonna blame them for wanting to get away from basketball after it's consumed their life for basically 3/4 of the year
Dude, you cannot keep talking like "you get this free you get that for free BE GRATEFUL". YOU would love to have what they have; they don't need it. if players had to pay their own airfare and food, good luck finding a team
and yeah in the dream team era it wasn't any work. they could have played hung over and won by 50. now the team actually has to try with the extra competition.
They get paid for what they do in the NBA. Outside of that they don't have a single damn obligation anywhere else except to the ballclub they're under contract with. Sure it's an honor to represent your country and we all wish we could but I'm not gonna blame them for wanting to get away from basketball after it's consumed their life for basically 3/4 of the year
Dude, you cannot keep talking like "you get this free you get that for free BE GRATEFUL". YOU would love to have what they have; they don't need it. if players had to pay their own airfare and food, good luck finding a team
and yeah in the dream team era it wasn't any work. they could have played hung over and won by 50. now the team actually has to try with the extra competition.
Guys like Bird, Magic, Jordan, etc. were getting like 1/10th the NBA pay that all these other chumps who've been playing in the Olympics this past decade are getting. I don't remember ever hearing them asking for any sort of compensation for being given the opportunity to represent their country in arguably the world's greatest event. Just playing in whatever country is hosting that particular year already boosts their image and gives them publicity to bring in more non-salary profit. Players just rather chill over the summer nowadays.
And they get to retire before they're 40 most of the time.
Oh, the horror.
Dominican Power
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What has gotten into Telfair?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
yes they do..
And yeah, the hours of practice, interviews and promo shoots are hours and hours of work..
Nike getting paid...why not Wade or whoever?
Ninja Scooter
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That was 20 years ago, things change. Old time ball players sat back and let owners bend them over pre-Free Agency, but that didn't make it right. I don't have a problem with them bringing it up, is all. The Olympics aren't just about pride and nationalism.
Dominican Power
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Jazz need a legit PG
So basically, someone puts in a small investment to make more money?
Diprosalic
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i agree that athletes should get paid, somebody does make a lot of money on the Olympics and athletes are supposed to work for free? it's not like they ask for money that gets donated otherwise. olympics are a business.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Jazz and Grizzlies are playing awesome. Great all-around game.
Does Nike get jersey sales? I would assume that money goes to USA basketball.
And really how many hours of practice are we talking about here?
obijkenobi
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Pop decided to crush the Sun's soul by putting in Duncan and Parker. Damn
who cares what dudes did in the 90s? in any profession you can find a case of "oh we did it the hard way back then look at these sissies now" and lol, let's not pretend like Jordan wasn't thinking to himself "I should be getting paid for this shit" while he was doing it
players would rather chill over the summer? oh how dare they
and yes they get to retire earlier, but let's not act like just because they make millions that they should be obligated to do anything (besides charity), but doing the olympics isn't a breeze. they gotta put in a lot of them and if players would rather go market themselves or do whatever I'm not gonna think of them any worse
and I'm pretty sure LeBron is thinking the same thing, he just wouldn't say it
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Now the Grizz and Jazz decide to brick threes instead.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Well if you count the two years before the actually Olympics...
And yes, Team USA jerseys are getting NIKE money.. You really think NIKE is doing it for free? lol
The fact that they're playing organized basketball after coming out of a hectic nba schedule is an issue in itself....
Ninja Scooter
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How many people would ply their trade for free? Would a plumber? Would a carpenter? I don't know why we'd expect people who's skill is a sport to feel any differently. Yeah, it's one thing to do charity events, but plenty of players play in charity games and fundraisers. The Olympics is NOT charity. Everyone else makes money off of it EXCEPT the athletes. It's like the NCAA.
Black Mamba
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come on Utah. Take down the Grizz!
NBA TV needs to show this ending...
Doctors do free clinics hours.
Lawyers do pro bono...
NBA TV needs to show this ending...
Doctors do free clinics hours.
Lawyers do pro bono...
Future PhaZe
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Wall simply cannot play next to Crawford.
I hate our entire fo and coaching staff.
Ninja Scooter
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Like I said, that's closer to charity work. The Olympics are not charity. They are a competitive sporting event. If we want to preserve the sanctity of the event, then don't send these PROFESSIONALS and send the college kids again.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
poor Nike needs NBA players to do charity work for them..
Worst example ever
That was almost LovingSteam bad
Black Mamba
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they can say "no." It's totally up to them. No one forces them to do shit.
If you want to be paid, then go sit at home. Don't accept then whine.
"How many people would ply their trade for free?"
Was referring to that.
Diprosalic
Banned
durant scores 30 so does YNB but with 7 more shots. sigh.
and then get shit on by the media and fans.
and then get shit on by the media and fans.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Never speak your mind? That is David Sternism at its best
Dominican Power
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Westbrook has the green light.
Ninja Scooter
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Of course they can, my problem is that most people are trying to villianize them just for asking. I don't see anything wrong with Olympic athletes asking to be paid.
And justifiably so. He can fill it up.
I assumed Nike was getting a cut. How is USA basketball not getting a portion of that?
I can see how you guys have a point but I'm not buying this "it's a business they should split up the money". Athletes also get great exposure to the world in the olympics and that itself fuels sales for their own jerseys and worth.
In a perfect world that money should be put back into the olympic programs and not go straight to nike if that is the case.
Call me old school but they already get all this free stuff and have a chance to represent their country and win a gold medal. Who cares about the money? Your enshrined in history brah.
Sarcasm?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
That is their trade.. People are making hundreds of millions of dollars off of Team USA hoops and they are giving it away for free.
No cared nearly as much when it was kids paying.. Once it became pros hoops became a cash cow for the Olympics.. So yeah plying their trade for free while others are profiting from it
Diprosalic
Banned
so lets not give these guys money they already have so much and instead give it to corporations and ceos who have even more?
Black Mamba
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Speak your mind, just don't get upset when people aren't sympathetic to someone making $15 mil a year to play basketball whining about not being paid for a few games in the Olympics.
My problem was it seemed like they were asking for only NBA players to be paid, not all athletes.
Plus, it ignores the reality of the olympics. It's a non-profit organization. All of its funds are used to pay for all the other things it does, including the para-olympics. So yeah, he is going to be villianized being a millionaire asking to take money away from things like that because those few extra games are so bad.
never mind that the season isn't even a full 365 days like pretty much everyone else.
Millionaires whining about money will always look bad. Athletes, Wall Street, Politicians. Always.
FUCK YOU MAYO.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Let the players get a little check.. I doubt players would say anything if they got a little money for the time they put into trying to get gold
Black Mamba
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What profit? The US Olympic Committee (or whatever the official name is) is non-profit. It cannot make millions of dollars off them. All that money goes back into the program to fund everything, including the players meals, flights, hotels, etc.
All medal winners get money. $25k for the gold. But that's via the IOC.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
NIKE, Coke, and whoever else is making gear for the Olympics is 100% making money
Black Mamba
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So? They are third parties. They pay for the license so the USOC can fund their shit.
Guess what, players don't get any of the Arena naming rights money in the NBA, either. And a whole host of other shit.
If the USOC has to pay these players, they have to pay everyone, and they'd be taking money away from somewhere. Let's cut the special olympics so the crybaby millionaire nba players can make some extra cash.
Actually I'm pretty sure if you set up an international plumbing competition where you can win a gold medal, travel somewhere exotic, and watch all the other construction industry competitions for free, plumbers would be all over that.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
But guess wat they are getting PAID to play..
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